QuestionsQuestions (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 871)
Contractual personnel hired by an agency as part of its organization to perform functions and vital activities/services that cannot be provided by regular/permanent staff, and whose positions are determined by DBM as comparable or equivalent in rank to those enumerated under Item 3.1.
Contractual personnel hired to provide professional consultancy services requiring highly specialized or technical expertise.
No. RATA is attached to the performance of duties and responsibilities of the incumbents of the positions, not to the positions themselves; salary grades do not automatically entitle incumbents to RATA.
Department Secretary; Department Undersecretary; Department Assistant Secretary, Director IV (Bureau Director and Department Regional Director); Director III (Assistant Bureau Director, Department Assistant Regional Director, Department Service Chief) and Director II (Bureau Regional Director); Director I (Assistant Bureau Regional Director); Chief of Division.
They shall not be entitled to RATA.
By authorizing commutable RATA in accordance with the rates prescribed for each enumerated category under the pertinent section of the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
The GAA prescribes the pertinent conditions and rates; the circular authorizes commutable RATA based on those rates and conditions.
They may still be entitled to a 20% premium, subject to the pertinent provision of the annual GAA.
Charged against project funds for project-based positions, or against current savings of the agency concerned.
The head of the agency is personally liable for payment of RATA not in accordance with the circular; however, refund of any excess payment may be required from the contractual personnel.
Yes. Appropriate cases not covered should be submitted to DBM for resolution.
All circulars, guidelines, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this circular are repealed.
January 1, 1996.
RATA is attached to the performance of the duties and responsibilities by the incumbents of positions, not to the positions themselves; thus, not all incumbents with comparable ranks automatically receive RATA.
No. Only contractual personnel actually performing the duties and responsibilities of their positions shall be entitled to RATA.
Because eligibility depends on actual performance of duties/responsibilities corresponding to the comparable positions, not on the salary grade alone.